We’re getting closer to Spring Time and I hope the weather knows that too. Our New Year’s resolutions are just vague memories now, Christmas debts are really pinching the budget, and you still haven’t figured out how to use all the features on your new electronic communication device. Yet your new locomotives are still being enjoyed and some day you’ll get those kits built and add some new scenery and buildings to your layout.

We are constantly facing cost increases in raw material, shipping, labor, insurance, local, state, and federal fees and taxes of all sorts. This is a “constant” never ending situation for all businesses. Now guess who those increases have to be passed onto, the consumer of course. It’s the vicious cycle of inflation usually caused by greed and government. For example, the vote desperate politicians pushing mandatory minimum wages without considering who has to pay for it. This simply adds to the ever increasing inflation. When a business has to raise

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